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H. B. ROGERS.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 328,432. F .1.

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HENRY B. ROGERS, OF MARSHALL, MISSOURI.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,432, dated October 13, 1885.

Applicalion filed February 3, 1885. Serial No. 151,826.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. RocERs, of Marshall, in the county of Saline and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Washing-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a washing-machine wherein a revolvingperforated drum is used, placed in a boiler or reservoir, the clothes to be washed being placed within the perforated drum; and the invention consists of the con struction, arrangement, and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a central sectional elevation of my new and improved washing-machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, the cover being removed. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the washing-machine. Fig. 4. is a transverse sectional elevation. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the perforated drum removed from the reservoir and the cover partly removed, and Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the drum.

A represents the reservoir, B the perforated drum, and Ois the cover of the reservoir, which coveris provided with knob c, for lifting it, and with the escape-tube 0, adapted to be closed by caps c for regulating the pressure of steam inside of the reservoir A.

The reservoir A is correspondingly slotted at its opposite ends, as shown at A A to receive the gudgeon and crankshaft B B of the drum 13. Below the slots A, upon the outside of the reservoir A, is formed the shallow boxledges D D, in which are placed the antifriction balls dtwo in each boxon which balls the gudgeon B and crank B rest, so that these shallow boxes and balls constitute antifriction journals for the perforated drum B. Around the journal-box D and open slot A, upon the end of the reservoir A, is formed upon the outside of the reservoir the box IE, to catch any suds or water that may find its way through the slot A, and at the bottom of the box E is formed through the end wall of the reservoir the return'opening a, for conducting back into the reservoir any water or suds that may find its way into the box IE. At the other end of the reservoir A, around the jour- (N'o model.)

nalbox D and slot A is secured to the outside of the reservoir the box E, to catch any water or suds that may issue from the slot A, and at the bottom of this box is formed through the wall of the reservoir the opening a, for returning the water or suds in the box to the interior of the reservoir. The box IE is slotted, as shown at e, to permit the passage of the crank-shaft B", and below the box E is attached to the outside of the reservoir A the box or cup F, to catch any water or suds that may overflow the box E. In this instance the box F is held in place by the ledge f and the hooks ff, secured to the end wall of the reservoir, and the side rings, f f", secured to the box F, as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 3.

The drum B is made cylindrical in form and preferably of finely perforated galvanized iron. The covers or doors B B are made concaved, and they slide in flanges b b, so that the drum may be opened by drawing the covers outward away from each other, as illustrated in Fig. 5. \Vithin the drum B is secured, to the inner surface thereof, the ribs or agitators B. These are formed of two or more (three, in this instance) parallel ribs, b", that form troughs between them, so that when clothes are placed in the drum and water in the reservoir and the drum revolved the ribs or agitators not only agitate the clothes by raising and dropping them as the drum revolves, but also carry water and suds up in the troughs between the ribs and keep a continual flow or fall of water' upon the clothes, which is very effective in removing the dirt from them. Upon the outer surface of the drum B, I form the waterelevators G G, which as the drum revolves elevates water and suds to the upper part of the drum and causes it to pass through the perforations of the drum and fall almost continuously upon the clothes within, which is also very effective in removing the dirt.

For closing the slots A A in the ends of the reservoir A, to prevent as much as possible the escape of water, I secure to the end walls of the reservoir, upon theinside, the flanges h h, and provide the sliding plates J J, which are adapted to be shoved down between the flanges h, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The plates J are each notched at thelower end, as shown at j, to straddle the gudgeon B and crank-shaft B as shown in Fig. 1.

The ends of the drum B are strengthened by the spider-pieces -K, the arms of which are secured to the end rings,L, which are of greater external diameter than the drum B, so that they form flanges to the drum, as shown clearly -in Fig. 2, and'the elevators G are formed by securing to and between these flanges L plates 9, of galvanized metal, bent in the center, as shown at g, and folded at their edges, as shown at 9 to stiffen and strengthen the elevators.

In use the clothing to be washed will be placed in the drum B through doors B B and these doors closed. Then the cylinder will be placed in the reservoir A and the reservoir supplied with soap and water to submerge the lower part of the drum. Then the Whole will be placed upon the stove and heated and the drum revolved in the mean time by the crank B. The revolution of the drum will agitate the clothes, and the ribs b will raise them and let them fall, and will also cause the water to fall upon them as the drum revolves, and the elevators G will also elevate water to drop upon the clothes, so. that by constantly revolving the drumthe clothes will provided with box E. of the separate box F,

adapted to be held below the box E to catch any water or suds that may issue from the box E, substantially as described.

2. The reservoir A, provided with the ledge f and hooks f, in combination with the 'box 40 F, provided with rings f substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

Witnesses:

JAMES W. REID, J AC. VANDYKE.

HENRY B. ROGERS. 

